Singapore–MIT Alliance
The Singapore-MIT Alliance (SMA) 10th Anniversary Symposium will be hosted by Prof Tan Chorh Chuan, Chairman Designate, SMA, on 21 - 22 January 2009. Dr Ng Eng Hen, Minister for Education, will grace the event as Guest-of-Honour and Keynote Speaker. On behalf of the SMA, I would like to cordially invite you to attend the symposium.
SMA was established in 1998 between Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), National University of Singapore (NUS) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU). SMA is a pioneer in globalised graduate education and research collaboration in science and engineering. The 10th Anniversary Symposium commemorates a decade-long partnership which has produced excellent research and trained a pool of highly talented graduate students, while fostering strong collaborations between individual faculty in the participating institutions.
The theme for this symposium is Education and Research – Impacting the World. The audience will comprise participants from Research Institutes, industry and public organisations, as well as faculty and researchers from MIT, NUS and NTU.
Programme highlights include a Forum on ‘Educating Technological Leaders through Sustaining Partnerships’, chaired by Dr Tony Tan, Chairman, National Research Foundation. The Forum panelists will comprise Dr Susan Hockfield, President, MIT; Prof Tan Chorh Chuan, President Designate, NUS; and Dr Su Guaning, President, NTU.
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